I was just thinking about this earlier in the day, if Yujin was in a different group, not IVE, she really would rival Wonyoung.

Yujin is actually insane because she’s so popular in many different fields: in the idol field, in the advertisement field and the variety field as well. She’ll just keep on growing even more popular and will become a household name in Korea…also imagine if she starts branching into acting 👀

My unpopular opinion is that I think people don't really know what being an it girl really means. It's not just about popularity, it's also about being an influence, creating the trends AND the "it" vibe that honestly 99% of people you guys call it girl don't really posses.

I love how wonyoungs and yujins beuty complement each other ❤

kpop stans try to go 5 seconds without arguing about who deserves an entirely arbitrary and meaningless title challenge: FAILED

Gfriend Individually weren’t good dancers except Sinb(and Yuju but she didn’t have as much chance to show it since she’s main vocal) but the draw for them wasn’t them being dancing gods it was their synchronization and memorization skills and of course the concept. It’s why they were really popular for their blindfolded dances and 2x speed dances.

I think yujin is the most promoted member and same level as karina in korea for popularity and variety show. She have most cfs among other female idols but just international fans especially non fans dont care much about ive in general ..they prefer check only their comeback but no their solo schedules for each members and ive variety show. The fact Wonyoung is least promoted member in 2023,i was surprised she get her first solo schedules in variety show after 2 years.She get viral in Variety show for witty personality we need more wonyoung in own show or variety show gigs. She is real born to shine

I don’t understand people always complaining about the yg sound, the company has had this vibe since the very beginning, you should know what to expect by now. If you don’t like it then just move on with your life, it’s very simple.

among all the potential 4th gen it girls, yujin is most likely the only one who is extremely popular in many different departments (idol, fashion, CFs, variety) unlike most idols who maybe are super popular in a certain field but not in others

For me, i never really loved the yg sound. Not for me. But i don't think that anyone can deny that there is a difference between copy pasting and keeping the same vibe. And sometimes, all yg be doing is copy pasting.

I have to agree with the last opinion because even if a song’s achievements don’t determine its quality, it’s understandable to sometimes judge songs by how well they’re doing. If a song is very popular there has to be a reason as to why it’s resonating with people more compared to other songs.

Heavy on opinion 1! Nobody can come for wony's it girl status because they can't even get close to yujin (the only exception maybe being karina)

Tbh I have never seen anyone putting GFRIEND's dancing on a pedestal. I've only seen people mentioning their synchronization over and over again. (and well deserved).

Have to disagree with the yg opinion i understand about the "yg charisma", "yg swag" etc etc but what they are doing right now is using same song structures, same instrumentals, same kshmr samples, slapping same lyrics to every of their artist's song specially theirs newer artists, having a particular style for a company isn't wrong but if all of their group's songs are blending into each other then that leaves people frowning and questioning the laziness of the producers, look at Winner & Ikon they debuted one after another but still had somewhat different sound while maintaining the yg swag but look at their latest groups literally interchangeable songs

tbh if it was wonyoung’s decision, she’d gladly share her it girl title with her friends :P she seems like the kind of person to not obsess over her influence and have a heavy amount of respect for her peers

let’s be real here no one is on wonyoung's level and that is a fact! you'll never escape her face in korea NYC or LA she's becoming global!! in Japan she has the #1 face most teens and young adults want to have and she is huge not just in korea but other countries like i said, who else is on her level?! no one. she's also becoming popular because of her lucky vicky 🍀 MINDSET!! a bunch of celebrities are even mentioning this and are saying they need to be more like wonyoung and think positively like her. wonyoung is the first kpop girl to go VIRAL because of her mentality! she's leaving a great impact and being a an amazing role model by spreading positive thinking, like how she always messages her fans on bubble like this and even wrote song lyrics with important meanings and messages. she's a living it girl she literally took measures into her OWN HANDS and hired her own legal team to take down that nasty youtuber who was spreading lies about her and took her case to the US court and WON(young)!! JYP said she's the embodiment of what it means to be a koop star and he hasn't met anyone who fits the description as much as she does and he's worked in the industry for YEARS and mind u wonyoung was 18/19 at the time when she worked with him! wonyoung literally goes viral for BREATHING like seriously don't even joke... she's extremely hardworking, talented, and passionate about her work and her love for her fans is something you can't fake. WONYOUNG IS THE ONE AND THE ONLY 4th GEN IT GIRL 💗

It’s so awkward when groups that target the western market end up having no english speakers, i would understand if they were groups that are not aiming for the west, but if i had to learn english for my job, then idols should also learn it to do their job.

Ofc yujin is ✨it girl ✨

2. Although gfriend's cheography weren't difficult compared to other groups, they were praised for their precise synchronization and never missing a beat. Check out their x2 dance on weekly idol, they are the only group to ever complete their song without any members failing and gone viral for that reason.

For everyone fighting over Karina, Winter, Wonyoung and Yujin As someone who has followed K-pop since 2014 here’s my take. Also, there's one thing to keep in mind, the growth of international stans and their emerging fandom groups have changed a lot of definitions and the way people went viral. The “It Girls” 15-20 years back vs now have garnered the title differently as generation appropriate but the core features were the same, Being pretty, everyone wanting to be them, everyone talking about them, their actions going viral and having a lot (A LOT) of brand deals. I think personally all 4 of them are very well known. For K-pop stans ( mostly International and even domestic ) Karina and Winter are the most relevant. Whereas for the Korean masses who may not be into K-pop as much, Wonyoung and Yunjin are more of a household name since Iz*one days but even more so after their re-debut in IVE. Though Karina and Winter are well known as well, the claim is mostly based on how the general public is head over heels for Yujin. Now again, just because one name is popular, doesn't mean the other names are irrelevant. Let’s say 80/100 people may recognise Winter, 90/100 people may recognise Karina but somehow Jang Wonyoung and nowadays even Ahn Yujin are such that even >95/100 may recognise them. This is purely in terms of South Korea. A few of my Male SK friends tell me about how their mothers and grandmothers dream of having a Daughter-in-law like Ahn Yujin, which implies that even the elderly are talking about her. It’s like the Jennie vs Irene effect. Ultimately both are very well known but before COVID or 2019, Jennie had a better footing internationally ( although very relevant domestically as well ) whereas Irene was a domestically celebrated person. After Irene’s ‘behaviour scandal’ ( I don’t think standing for your group is bad ), Irene lost that support and the void was replaced by Jennie & Jisoo domestically and the then-emerging Lisa Internationally. Jennie too had her own set of “scandals” ( the lazy dancing and the Kai Dating/G-dragon/Taehyung rumours; personally I don't know why the latter 3 are even considered as scandals) which did make her infamous amongst the K-pop stans but the general public still loved her. Regardless slowly but surely the shift from Jennie to Jisoo could've been observed during the 2020s-2023s but Jennie has something about her, that people are always talking about her. Similar were Lee Hyori, Bae Suzy, BoA, Yoona and IU. Nayeon of Twice is also very well known and some people may like to place her here as well. Some other idols with the ‘It Girl’ potential who weren't able to live up to it, are LSFM Chaewon, ITZY Ryujin and Yeji, NewJeans Minji and Haerin are interchangeable, KEP1ER Xiaoting, NMIXX Sullyoon, Miyeon (G)I-DLE to name a few. However despite being very relevant, they still fall behind the former 4 I've mentioned. It’s a hunger games of popularity, and what makes a person one day can break them the very next day ( Jennie and Irene are good examples of this )

The ONE AND ONLY 4TH GEN IT GIRL IS JANG WONYOUNG, JUST ACCEPT THIS FACT, WONYOUNG IS HIGHER IN POPULARITY OF ANY OTHER 4TH GEN IDOL.

Not to mention how Yujin has a better reputation than Wonyoung in Korea too. They are both just as popular, but Yujin doesn't get a portion a portion of the hate WY -sadly- receives. She is more widely beloved. A lot of stans also seems to forget how Yujin was the most popular korean trainee at the beginning of produce48, and remained #2 for 5 weeks! Mind you she only had a few CFs under her belt at the time. I feel like Yujin will outlast most girls currently in the industry, I can see her becoming someone like Lee Hyori.

There’s only 1 it girl tbh and it’s wonyoung but I do see Yujin to be the one who’ll be the most active in the ent industry as a 4th gen idol. She recently won an award and has been very active. I can see her become a soloist in the future and succeed in acting too.

I think there can be more than one it girl. So,i don't get the fanwars. It just bothers me how some stans tend to downplay other idols influence to uphold their favs influence. Like 4th gen has some very influential idols in different fields. Only if everyone could appreciate that.

Yunjin is definitely not It Girl material, it's crazy you guys think she could rival Wonyoung, she's famous for her talents, i use to agree with most of the things this channel say but this seems to me rather fanatic thinking.

To be an IT girl, you need validation from magazines as well as critics, not only the given title by 14-year old fans. The only two idols in the history that got that title from high-profiled magazines were Lee Hyori and Jennie Kim. No one else. That title started to being implied to everyone since Jennie got it in 2018 as if it is that easy. People haven't paid attention before and that's why it wasn't popularised by Lee Hyori. IT girl is not that big of a deal so I don't understand why stans try so hard to implement it in idol's name - probably because for the past two years brand deals and popularity have become more important than music.

my unpopular opinion - NJ 2023 was a fluke and will not be reached again. NJ music in 2024 is so bland and getting repetitive, and released just for CF purposes. NJ is now just a means to make money for HYBE, with no real musical attributes, it is just commercialized.

The thing about YG and Sheesh is that YG is testing KPOP Stans and the general public. He's trying to see how lazy he can be and still succeed. Because the recycling of concepts is not just "YG's thing," it's lazy. And so many KPOP Stans fell for it. It's fine to have the same concept, but at least have minor differences, it's a different group after all. Stop just accepted that these different groups can be the exact same because it's YG. Expect more from companies and groups, especially if you're going to support them.

to be an it girl u kinda have to be IT

I LOVE THE INTRO

NEW INTRO SO CUTE AHHH 1. CLOCK IT. But no can we talk about the way kpop stans are taking out the value of words like it girl. Like just cus ur fav is pretty doesnt make them an it girl 😭 like welcome to kpop everyone here is pretty as hell. 3. I have mix feelings on this cus they know they can do this style well however it puts these groups under each group shadow. Blackpink was in 2ne1 shadow for YEARSSS. The same is happening to baemon. But to be fair idc this much cus clearly it works. baby monster is talented and I wish them well.

yujin is such an ace already at such a young age: dancing, singing, stage presence, cfs, variety! i could see her being a successful actor or soloist if she wants to go that route, or even hosting her own variety show.

Speaking of not having an English speaker, this channel would be a lot better if it actually had a human talking. It's hard to take someone's opinions seriously when they can't even be bothered to use their own voice to express them.

I await your videos like new years countdowns and this one def hit the mark for me ❤

Yay I’m early! I’m excited to hear it!

Love the content keep up the good work

Can’t people in the comment section just accept the fact that if Wonyoung is dominating as an it girl in the idol and endorsement field, then Yujin is dominating in variety? Why do we even need to compare them? They are both slaying in different departments and are both queens 💅🏻

4 and 5 are absolutly stupid. Especially 4th, just imagine you starting training at 17-18 then spend at least 3-4 years to have adequate skills to have a chance debuting. It's all good if you're in a lucky 1% that debutes but what about other 99%? going for part-time jobs while studying for another 3-5 years to make it to college then graduate in your late 20s. Fantastic take. And GG's in this scenario most likely not going beyond initial 5-7 years if they are not extremely popular. P.S. And for 5 - K in K-pop stands for Korean.

Chanelle was such a perfect fit for illit I can never stop thinking abt it 😭 she could’ve been main vocal, Stan attractor & English speaker not to mention she would fit the concept pretty well (this is not an unpopular opinion but the opinion about English speakers made me think about it)

I THINK THE 2ND IT GIRL SHOULD BE KARINA CUZ SHES MORE POPULAR THAN YUJIN BUT I KINDA AGREE WITH YOU

When I first saw Ive, Yunjin immediately stood our for me.

I agree with opinion three plus a lot of people that complain don't aren't even fans of the yg sound most at times it's just hate cause saying a song sounds like the other is one thing but saying it's trash is another. People said money and batter up sounded alike yet money is hyped to be such a good song and yet batter up is trash? Then what makes them similar? If it's trash their both trash let's not use it to hate on groups also if they listened to bsides too there won't be a problem. Then they are always talking about the Lisa Chiquita thing there is nothing wrong with having a role model. At least they are not like hybe that can't be straightforward talking about stomping aespa like if you admire hiw far someone has gone in their career it's normal to want to repeat the same steps you used to make someone so great.

NEW INTRO SLAPS BESTIE!!💖💖💅💅

I love how you always have opinions and I agree with most of them. Yujin always gave me a lot of "it girl" energy. As for the groups having at least 1 English speaking member, I kinda agree, but there are groups who don't promote outside of Korea , so they don't actually need an English speaker. Other than that, I agree with your opinions.

while i do generally agree that streams of any given song will indicate its popularity, i think in kpop that is nullified to a significant degree given how popular and commonplace it is to repeatedly stream a song or album from your favorite group whether you like it or not, because at that point streams just become a measure of popularity of the group as opposed to people actually liking the song

My two cents. Itzy, NMIXX and now Babymonster are the only actual groups super mega poplular that sing and dance hard since day one. I am sure there are more but let's put things on place you can not compare a group that is not active anymore to actual standards, they need to be compared to their peers in their right time frame. Gfriend started the trend of harder dances for girls. They excelled in their synchronization, spacial awareness and memory skills (something you can still notice in Viviz shorts with the rest of Gfriend) while singing live at least half of the time. It took IVE like two years to more or less reach the level to actually sing in a year ends show; aespa hardly sing live even if they can; nmixx is an exception; do I need to point Coachella?, ITZY strugles from time to time with the singing portion and Lia is hated for not being such a good dancer while being their vocal backbone, Hybe gg have 2 minutes wispered songs and most of the time is playback. Then we have the 4 references: Twice has the same kind of femenine choreographies as Gfriend but they are more soft, Red Velvet choreos have no point of comparison and BP that is more swag that anything they are the references, maybe ITZY but not nmixx and even the new group of SuMu that were buildt on the legacy Gfriend and the 3rd gen showed that could be attained.

Ooo I see you with that new intro 👀

The thing with YGE is that it's not just the same vibe/concept. It's like copy/paste everything. They even turned their new group member into a Lisa lookalike. And don't get me started on the "We don't do comebacks often because we prefer quality over quantity" .. YGE has contributed nothing to K-Pop factually , just hyped up groups for kids. Zero artistic contribution to the scene (apart from AKMU who outside Korea are practically unknown) , zero efforts to promote K-Pop as a whole or individual artists both domestically or internationally besides their own (often putting their hand at defaming other groups/artists to uplift their own ) and this is the reason , to me , "Gods DDU DU DDU DU" was a chefs kiss YGE diss masked as a "tribute". Also it's obvious YGE is just a laundromat for Chinese and Korean "Businessmen" for questionable earnings. Unless you are 12 or mentally chalenged everything mentioned above is as clear as a summer sky... Gfriend is a prime example of coordination and proffesionalism. In their Gen they had no rival and even now can be considered in the top GG's for dancing/choreo. SinB is still one of the top dancers active in the industry so bringing forth discussions that were made early-mid 4th Gen about GG dance prowess is simply stupid. We all know 4th Gen stepped the game up when it comes to choreo , dancing ability and dancing performance. LOONA and Itzy almost instantly made it in the conversation for Top GGs when it comes to dancing. I really don't get where you saw people in 2024 saying Gfriend is the absolute Top... The problem with your kids "IT Girls" is that it's mostly visuals/popularity. Same thing happened when the 10yo flooded K-Pop back in Corona days and decided Jennie was the IT girl for 3rd Gen. Lee Hyori and Suzy should be standing at a corner laughing with todays criteria and standards... Pretty but sub par artistically compared to their peers getting praise and hype is plain stupid.. As far as views and streams goes. It has been recorded and proven that streams and views can be bought and manipulated , it has also shown that it's the best marketing strategy to lure GP and casuals into a song/M/V by forcefeeding it to you through the algorythm via recomendations or autoplay. Certain fanbases set up stream farms (they were too dumb to post it on the internet to flex how stupid they are) and JYPE himself exposed the Korean streaming services for manipulation of streams and being asked by people why doesn't he buy streams for his groups (after that JYPE groups get maybe half or less of the wins they should've gotten in weekly shows because they tank in streaming scores , but it's just a coincidence right..?) You post Corona kid fans need a history lesson on K-Pop because you flood the internet with videos talking nonsense just because you can. These were MY unpopular opinions. Deal with them and if you are brave enough I'll gladly debate you on the points made but make sure you bring receipts 🙂

totally agree with opinion number 3

02:24 I don't think its fair to compare to 4th gen. 4th gen elevated dance choreos to a new level. Gfriend was on top of choreos for 3rd gen

I AGREE WITH THE 5TH ONE

Accendio song of the year

1. I agree that it is fine for a company to have their own style of music/concept for their groups but I think the main problem people have is the fact that they don’t try to re innovate the style and put a different spin on it. For example, Everglow does a very great job at doing girl crush concepts that is a bit more creative and not the exact same cookie cutter girl crush concepts for each comeback. Some of these YGE groups songs are literal rejects from previous YGE group’s. 2. I don’t think it’s that serious for a group to not have an english speaker. When western artists promote in non English speaking countries such as Korea (like Billie Eillish recently did) nobody expected or demanded that she should have learned Korean beforehand if she wanted to promote and target Korea. It would be very convenient for international fans and the idols themselves if they did speak English but it shouldn’t be mandatory. 3. I agree that overall G Friend dance line and choreography isn’t all that especially compared to todays girl group choreography but BACK THEN when G Friend was popping their choreography was indeed more on the difficult and impressive side for a girl group at the time.

as for babymonster i just feel like yg is wasting their potential and their songs can be much better

1:30 not really the main thing about being an “it girl” is having an influence in fashion and beauty and yujin doesn’t really have an influence in that

That's crazy because I haven't seen content surrounding Yujin. I guess it's because I'm in the US so I don't see her influence.

no one is even scratching wonyoung impact when it comes to trends, advertising, sold out and it girl vibe in 4th gen, and that includes yunjin the first point is def biased and if there was someone second to that it would be karina who again is not even close to undeniably it girl wonyoung

Saying yg has a sound and you shouldn't complain is stupid when you take into account that they are getting paid to make music and the sound is dated even in 2014 let alone now people are asking them to do they're job correctly imagine telling doctors to treat patients properly instead of using 1000 years old practice and someone says 'if it works for them' like that's not what you're getting paid for but it's also the fans that put looks and "vibes" above actual artistry so they can get away with not even mediocrity but absolute garbage

Tbh I'm not even an Aespa fan but Karina is really popular

Nope, Wonyoung is the 4th gen idol with the most brand deals. Yujin's face isn't everywhere in the streets as well, only Wonyoung has been proven to actually be everywhere and gettng viral every time. You shouldn't spreak false or unproven information like that.

So early today 💀🏆

I think that the problem with babymonster is not having the same concept or vibe as other yg groups since like you said yg is known for having their own style but is that the songs are just straight up bad sorry bad and sound like rejects so it’s a bad version of something already done but the members are so talented that they make it sound good but the songs are still bad they really need to give them good songs

Karina is definitely more popular and impactful than Yujin

I have so many friends from Korea and Karina is insanely popular in Korea I don’t even need to talk about Internationally Yujin can’t be in her level lol

isn't yujin more popular then wonyoung in SK? Wonyoung is more it girl on a global sense. Wonyoung my bias but i never thought her and yujin had a big gap between them.

I think it's yujin,wonyoung and definetly karina

Yunjin in Ive or le sserafim?

It is difficult for koreans to speak English because English is totally different language system from korean. And it is insanely difficult for koreans to understand English culture. When i started to learn English, i was shocked that there is no honorific in English and how can i show my respect to seniors. In English you call your teacher, parents, seniors and dog the same word ''you'. Honestly i thought it was very rude language. So speaking English fluently has same meaning for koreans to be adapted to a totally different culture. I cannot bow when i speak English and it makes me really awkward. Are you going to still love your kpop idols when they lose shyness, being introvert, being submissive to seniors and companies and they turn into be strong, bold, independent, much confident just like western celebrities? So why you force kpop artists to speak the Anglo-Saxon language while they are not Anglo-Saxon. The AI will be great help for translation and interpretation.

for the first one, i think karina is def more popular then yujin, so technically, she could be third

Yujin is it girl material she just get overshadowed by wonyoung

Yunjin truly impresses me But I thought karina & winter would the 2nd it girls But I’m not that consenrd

We need your opinions about lisa solo comeback

Lol. I guess I gotta expand the group's I listen to. I have no clue who Wonyoung or Yujin are.

Lol, maybe the western interviewer should learn Korean instead.

Le sserafim really cleared Gfraud, their stans're so weird and delulu 😭

Karina is literally more popular than yujin in Korea and international like lmao

AGREE WITH GFRIEND SO MUCH LIKE JUST BECAUSE THE CHOREO IS HARD DOESNT MEAN THAT THEY CAN DANCE SO WELL AND THEIR CHOREOS ARENT THAT HARD IMO COMPARED TO BG'S

your 4444th view

Yujin is by far the ace. Variety and awards her furure is either acting composer or brand owner. Her lack of plastic surgery only 2 things eys and a small chin surgery. Wonyoung wont hold up as well its just reality. I love all of ive but yujin is actually rivaling the greatest of all time in terms of how great someone can be at performing.

love wonyoung but i genuinely don't think she's an it girl... like she's pretty and doesn't deserve the hate she receives but there's much more required to be an "it" girl. like jennie trended every other week for her flow, vocals, dancing, stage prescence etc. but wonyoung... beautiful gowns??? yujin is def an it girl a long with ningning, hanni, and soyeon. like these girls have it ALL. vocals, dance, rap, stage presence- you name it!

Karina is laughing seeing this video. 😊 So disagree.😊

Isnt jennie thee IT GIRL ?